Innovative research that’s breaking barriers

Cancer research at UC Davis

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is a national leader in basic and clinical research and innovative approaches to cancer diagnosis, treatment and health disparities.

Our center has unique collaborations with major scientific organizations such as the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Davis departments and schools including the School of Veterinary Medicine. These partnerships have resulted in new imaging techniques that improve cancer detection, better drug therapies and therapeutic strategies, and more effective approaches to treating and curing cancer.

Our basic science programs

Our basic science programs are made up of cancer center members who are experts in various disciplines with scientific interests in some of the most complex challenges in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Clinical research at UC Davis

More than 400 cancer clinical trials are currently under way at UC Davis. The Office of Clinical Research is responsible for overseeing and managing investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored and federally funded Phase I-III trials at the cancer center.

Research highlights

Our basic scientists and physician scientists work together to bring new discoveries to the clinic for better patient care and treatment. Our scientists are involved in numerous National Institutes of Health funded projects. The projects run the gamet from collaboration on the development of better research models for new therapies to an early-phase phase clinical research program to comparative oncology studies using pet dogs with tumors to test novel therapies for human patients.